Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
So, the reason that we, being bad, have a good Father is in order that we may not always remain bad. No bad person can make a good one. If no bad person can make a good one, how can a bad person make himself good? The only one who can make a good person out of a bad one is the one who is always good. “Heal me, Lord,” he says, “and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved.”